{"id":438486,"date":"2011-06-09T00:23:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T00:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/09\/john-heitinga-fires-quit-threat-to-everton-due-to-a-lack-of-european-football\/"},"modified":"2011-06-09T00:23:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T00:23:00","slug":"john-heitinga-fires-quit-threat-to-everton-due-to-a-lack-of-european-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/john-heitinga-fires-quit-threat-to-everton-due-to-a-lack-of-european-football\/","title":{"rendered":"John Heitinga fires quit threat to Everton due to a lack of European football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>9 Jun 2011 01:23:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.7867647059\">\n<div readability=\"14.8705882353\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"John Heitinga of Everton (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/114600\/114685_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>John Heitinga of Everton (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"20.576185671\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/netherlands\/2252\/john-heitinga\">John Heitinga<\/a> has warned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/110\/everton\">Everton<\/a> that he could leave for greener pastures, affter admitting that he is frustrated at the lack of European football.<\/p>\n<p>The Toffees have yet again missed out on competing in a continental tournament after finishing seventh in the Premier League, and the Dutchman is unhappy at the prospect of sitting at home when he could have been playing on the European stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can honestly say that I feel annoyed at having the day off when I\u2019m on the couch watching Champions League football on T\u00aduesdays or Wednesdays,&#8221; Heitinga said, according to <em>The Daily Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s the same on Thursdays with the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;European football is a big miss for me. As a sportsman you seek the highest level, to improve and make a name for yourself. Everton is a genuine big people\u2019s club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I am ruling nothing out this summer. I have three years left on my contract and could see it through.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But a new possibility could come up and in that case I will think about leaving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/09\/2524108\/john-heitinga-fires-quit-threat-to-everton-due-to-a-lack-of\" title=\"John Heitinga fires quit threat to Everton due to a lack of European football\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Heitinga fires quit threat to Everton due to a lack of European football<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 9 Jun 2011 01:23:00 John Heitinga of Everton (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players John Heitinga has warned Everton that he could leave for greener pastures, affter admitting that he is frustrated at the lack of European football. The Toffees have yet again missed out on competing in a continental tournament after finishing seventh in the Premier League, and the Dutchman is unhappy at the prospect of sitting at home when he could have been playing on the European stage. &#8220;I can honestly say that I feel annoyed at having the day off when I\u2019m on the couch watching Champions League football on T\u00aduesdays or Wednesdays,&#8221; Heitinga said, according to The Daily Star <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":438487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-438486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Heitinga fires quit threat to Everton due to a lack of European football - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/john-heitinga-fires-quit-threat-to-everton-due-to-a-lack-of-european-football\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"John Heitinga fires quit threat to Everton due to a lack of European football - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 9 Jun 2011 01:23:00 John Heitinga of Everton (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players John Heitinga has warned Everton that he could leave for greener pastures, affter admitting that he is frustrated at the lack of European football. 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